Apr 9 2013

[News] Empire Of The Sun announce new single

While we’re all sitting around twiddling our thumbs waiting for the highly anticipated (by us anyhow) sophomore album from Australian ElectroPop duo Empire Of the Sun, they’ve just announced something that will tide us over for a bit. Next Tuesday the first single from the record, Ice On The Dune, will be released.

Titled Alive, the new single drops on Tuesday 16th ahead of the album who release date has also been announced. Ice On The Dune is due to hit stores on 14th June. We weren’t even sure there would be a second Empire Of The Sun Album, so all this news has made our morning. Really excited to hear what the duo have come up with.

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Apr 8 2013

[MP3] Figure Of 8 covers Joy Division

OK, so we know Figure Of 8 has been in Game Of Thrones, so obviously he’s got some experience with battles and weapons and all kinds of ‘deeds’, but jeeez, nothing prepared us for the kind of bravery it takes to go near Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. That takes big brass balls. Many before him have tried and failed. When you play the game of covering-Joy-Division’s-most-recognisable-song-and-a-beloved-classic, you win or you die.

So don’t expect classic riffs and sing-a-long moments here. Figure Of 8 wisely stays away from trying to ape the original. Instead we are treated to more of a homage, a deep, Acid tinged House tune. Haunting and hypnotic, this one draws you into it’s strobe light groove threatening to keep you on the edge of it’s hook forever until finally breaking out with some warm pads and pinprick snyths. As the ♥ Will Tear Us Apart marches toward it’s finale, layers of sound wash over the track pushing it toward it’s euphoric high point. Figure Of 8 has this uncanny knack of making classic, almost timeless, sounding Dance music, and once again he’s delivered the goods.

♫ Figure Of 8 – ♥ Will Tear Us Apart

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Apr 5 2013

[Video] Du Tonc’s ‘Darkness’

We expected there to be a video coming for Du Tonc’s Darkness. The duo of MiGHty mOUse and Van She bassist and ElectroPopper Matt Van Schie’s début single is seriously one of the more impressive first records we’ve heard in ages. With a sprinkling of Indie, 80s, ElectroPop, Tropical and Disco, Darkness has something for everybody.

Check the hedonistic, feel good video, directed by Simon Savory. A colourful thesis on just letting everybody be who they want to be and have a good time.

Du Tonc’s Darkness is out now.

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Apr 5 2013

[MP3] The Penelopes reMix David Bowie

As the world goes Nile Rodgers crazy and the man takes his long deserved rightful place as the lord and master of all music everywhere, London based French ElectroPoppers The Penelopes turn their attentions to one of Rodger’s most famous productions. Having completely defined the sound of the early 80s, Nile poured all that into David Bowie’s Let’s Dance album and it’s lead single.

The Penelopes do an amazing job of keeping the feel of the record, replacing Niles post-Disco licks with robotic boogie. Loaded up with warbling apreggios and stabbing, retro sounding, synths riding over the perfect funky rendition of the tracks bassline, deep and Moogy, this reMix is a brave endeavour (I mean, who reMixes Bowie well?) but actually pulls it off. The Penelopes rock up to stand shoulder to shoulder with both Bowie and Rodgers and hold their own. Excellent stuff.

♫ David Bowie – Let’s Dance (The Penelopes reMix)

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Mar 29 2013

[Mixtape] Kids At Midnight’s ‘Chick Date Mixtape’

Kids At Midnight – Chick Date Mixtape = A lot of people could take note from Kids At midnights’ mixtapes. Jane actually themes and thinks about her tapes. Unlike most people’s monthly tapes, which on the whole seem to consist of stringing together the latest blog buzz tracks in the vague hope that people won’t forget about you, a Kids At Midnight tape tells a story. Her latest mix, Chick Date, is a collection of tracks from female artists who have influenced her and her vocal style. She writes at some length about the tape on the mix’s SoundCloud page, go read it. Also, it’s a lovely, morning, nostalgia trip. Enjoy.

♫ Kids At Midnight – Chick Date Mixtape

The tracklist:
01. Toni Braxton – You’re Makin Me High
02. Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It
03. Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World
04. Blondie – Rapture
05. Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
06. Stevie Nicks – Edge Of Seventeen
07. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
08. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation
09. Madonna – Like A Prayer (12″ Dance Mix)
10. Black Box – Ride On Time
11. Sade – Smooth Operator
12. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

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Mar 29 2013

[MP3] Tippy Toes reMixes Little Daylight

Here we have Tippy Toes reMixing Little Daylight. Which, despite sounding like an explosion in a My Little Pony factory, is actually a deeply groove slice of New York Disco. Tippy Toes are an up and coming duo who met at DFA’s studio when one was a sound engineer and the other way laying keyboard tracks for LCD Soundsystem, having been jamming for a while, they getting ready to unleash their sounds on the world.

They’ve released a reMix of fellow New York Indie-Electro outfit Little Daylight’s Overdose. Stripping most of the vocals from the abrasive and haunting original, Tippy Toes layers snatches of half-heard voices over a think synth bass and shuffling drums.and some Dubby Disco sounds. Even including a little Acid flair in the track, Tippy Toes have delivered a well rounded slice of spacey House with that gritty New York Disco groove that only comes from one place.

♫ Little Daylight – Overdose (Tippy Toes reMix)

Little Daylight’s Overdose is out now.

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Mar 29 2013

[Video] Depeche Mode’s ‘Soothe My Soul’

Here’s the video for the second single from SynthPop legends Depeche Mode’s new album Delta Machine. Soothe My Soul is one of the best tracks on the record, with a real classic Songs Of Faith And Devotion vibe.

More of the albums bluesy SynthPop here accompanied by a striking black & white video.

Sooth My Soul is taken from Depeche Mode’s 13th studio album, Delta Machine. Out now

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Mar 28 2013

[MP3] The Good Natured’s ‘Lovers’

The ever awesome The Good Natured has just shared a track from her forthoming, and pretty long awaited, début album, which will be titled Prism. The new reveal, a track called Lovers, is one of the most pitch-perfect three minutes of 80s Pop we’ve heard in a long long time.

Absolutely, unashamedly 80s, Lovers. From the opening New Wave bass notes you transported to memories of dry-ice fuelled Top Of The Pops appearances and teen movie montages, and by the time the big chorus hits you’re all the way there. Aside from the rolling bassline that give the track it’s personality, you’ll be treated to metallic, reverby, retro synths, warm pads and Sarah’s vocals sounding as passionate as ever. Did we mention how authentically, effortlessly, 80s this sounded? It’s almost eerie. Can’t wait for the album.

♫ The Good Natured – Lovers

The Good Natured’s Prism is out soon.

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Mar 28 2013

[Video] Passion Pit’s ‘Cry Like A Ghost’

Cry Like A Ghost is the next single to be taken from Passion Pit’s second album, Gossamer. It;s a good choice for single material too, optimistic and melancholy at the same time, and anthemic too, ElectroPop in that way only Passion Pit can do.

Check out the video, directed by Daniels, which we’re not sure if it’s supposed to be depressing or empowering, but it;s a rollercoaster of life.

Passion Pit’s Gossamer album is out now.

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Mar 26 2013

[Audio] Wolf Saga’s ‘Reign At Night’

Wolf Saga is a Canadian artist whos been hovering around out radar for a while now. Producing some seriously epic ElectroPop with a mix of SynthWave, Chillwave and Indie-Electro flavours, Wolf Saga really knows his way around a synth. He’s just released a new single, Reign At Night with all the vocoding and soaring solos you could want in a track.

Reign At Night drops you into a moody, storm filled, soundscape, punctuated by a raindrop arpeggio before delivering a rich SynthPop track loaded with 80s references without actually being an 80s pastiche. Heavy chords and brooding vocals soon give way to a vocoded refrain and a blissful, sweeping synth solo that. Reign At Night is a truly encompassing experience that sucks you in and ever have a little Disco groove in there too. The sound of the future.